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ATTENTION WYANDOTTE CITIZENS!

Please contact Dana at the tribal center and update your mailing address today. If you are receiving the tribal newsletter your records are up to date. Information has been mailed out regarding a new supplemental healthcare benefit! Call your family members and have them update their mailing addresses too.

Chief Bearskin's ultimate vision was to provide healthcare to all Tribal Citizens. It has taken several years and a lot of work by many people, now through the final efforts of Chief Friend we are seeing Chief Bearskin’s dream become a reality for ALL Tribal Citizens nationwide!

What History Says

“Of all the savage allies of Great Britain in the West, the Wyandots were the most powerful. This arose not so much from the number of their warriors, as from their superior intelligence. Their long association with the French at Detroit, and, after that post fell into the possession of Great Britain, with its later occupants, had advanced them in many respects over the surrounding nations.”
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Butterfield, C. W. An Historical Account of the Expedition Against Sandusky Under Col. William Crawford In 1782. Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co, 1873. print. (164-5)

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Are the Wyandotte Huron?

Many people ask the question, “Are the Wyandotte Huron?” History states that we are predominately of the Tionontati tribe and the Tionontati were never admitted into the Huron (Wendat) Confederacy; however, we do have connections to the Huron through the Attignawantan who were the founding tribe of the Huron. The Wyandotte Nation consists of remnants of the Tionontati, Attignawantan and Wenrohronon (Wenro), all unique independent tribes, who united in 1649-50 after being defeated by the Iroquois Confederacy. A simple answer to a very complicated question is no, the Wyandotte Nation was not part of the Huron Confederacy proper as the Wyandotte truly didn’t exist until after the fall of the Huron Confederacy.

Nutrition & Elder

Title VI Program Grant From DHS Administration On Aging

1. Provide free lunches 5 days a week to elderly Indian people 55 years of age or over.
2. Serving time 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
3. CDIB card required.
4. Spouses are also eligible to eat free
5. Guests meals are $5.00 and children 12 and under are $3.00.
6. Volunteers eat free for (bringing elders or taking elders food, donating time to kitchen through the noon hour).
7. Host approximately 10 special events per year. (Music day, holiday parties and etc.).

Other Services

1. Building rental $75.00 for public or $50.00 tribal members and tribal employees.
2. Will host banquets. $12.00-15.00 per plate
3. May, June and July are heavily booked so book early for these months.
4. Host arts and crafts department. Senior Turtles make 2, keep one, sell one (excluding shawls). It is a self-supporting program at this time through donation and sales of arts and crafts at the community building.
5. Provide transportation, information and referrals.
6. Host and transport special events throughout the year. ( Fairs, festivals, and shopping trips).
7. Provide space for monthly Health Screening Services provided by Bearskin Health Center.
8. Host eye and ear screening clinics upon request from outside contractors